21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."

Imagine a world where the Ada Lovelaces of tomorrow grow up to be optimistic and brave about technology and use it to create a new world that is wonderful, whimsical and a tiny bit weird.

Under the president’s plan, the Department of Education will divide the $4 billion over three years to states that propose well-designed five-year plans to increase computer science access in classrooms.

A program that borrows from the classics is giving pupils who have fallen behind their classmates a huge boost in deciphering English and even helping with maths and science.

Students sense a gap between what they are learning in the classroom and the application of that learning to their career objectives.

Many observers hope the next step is the type of systemwide change that has already transformed the financial sector, health care, consumer technology, retail sales, and professional sports, among other industries.

The goal: to help children focus and learn better once they’re back in class.

Finland is about to embark on one of the most radical education reform programmes ever undertaken by a nation state – scrapping traditional "teaching by subject" in favour of "teaching by topic".

The school may be known for their latest viral video hit, but the foundation of Atlanta’s Ron Clark Academy is academic rigor and a fresh approach to learning.

The Lego Education WeDo 2.0 system is a combination of hardware and software that gives elementary school children more than 40 hours of hands-on projects.

Almost anything that I would normally write on paper to explain to a student I now do on my computer